bánh mì

See also: banh mi

English

Etymology

From Vietnamese bánh mì.

Noun

bánh mì (plural bánh mìs)

1. Alternative spelling of banh mi

Vietnamese

bánh mì (Vietnamese-style bread)

bánh mì (Saigon-style sandwich)

Alternative forms

• bánh mỳ

Etymology

From bánh (“pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding”) +‎ mì (“wheat”).

A folk etymology claims that bánh mì is a corruption of French pain de mie; however, this is obviously false, see the entry for bánh. An 1898 dictionary defines Vietnamese miche as bánh tây, a now-dated term for Western-style bread.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ mi˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ mɪj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ mɪj˨˩]

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Noun

(classifier chiếc, ổ, cái) bánh mì • (餅麵)

1. bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes with filling

   bánh mì ngọt ― sweet bread

   bánh mì Pháp ― baguettes

   bánh mì (kẹp thịt) ― "sandwich baguette"; baguette with filling

   Bánh mì Sài Gòn, một ngàn một ổ!

   Saigonese banh mi, one thousand dong a loaf!

   bò kho bánh mì ― beef stew with bread

   Ăn bánh mì thịt hoài chán quá. Bữa nay ăn bánh mì ngọt.

   I'm tired of pork-filled baguettes. Imma have sweet bread today for a change.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bánh mì.

Usage notes

• The classifier chiếc is used in northern Vietnam, while ổ is used in southern Vietnam.
• As a popular breakfast food, it often means Saigonese short baguettes with pork or beef filling, although vendors may still have to clarify with signage with "bánh mì thịt" that they sell this food specifically rather than sweet and soft forms of bread. Bread shops, especially those of swanky foreign bread franchises, may have more sweet and soft bread items than Saigonese baguettes.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bánh mì bắp (northern Vietnam)
• bánh mì bơ tỏi (“garlic bread”)
• bánh mì cây (“breadstick, baguette”)
• bánh mì chuối (“banana bread”)
• bánh mì đen (“rye bread”)
• bánh mì gừng (“gingerbread”)
• bánh mì kẹp (“sandwich”)
• bánh mì kẹp thịt
• bánh mì lát (“sliced bread”)
• bánh mì lúa mạch (“rye bread”)
• bánh mì nâu (“brown bread, wheat bread”)
• bánh mì ngô (“cornbread”) (southern Vietnam)
• bánh mì ngũ cốc (“whole wheat bread”)
• bánh mì Pháp (“baguette, French bread”)
• bánh mì Sài Gòn
• bánh mì que (“breadstick, baguette”)
• bánh mì thái lát (“sliced bread”)
• bánh mì thịt
• bánh mì thịt nguội
• bánh mì trắng (“white bread”)
• bánh mì vòng (“bagel”)
• lát bánh mì (“slice of bread”)
• lò bánh mì (“bakery”)
• tiệm bánh mì (“bakery”)
• vụn bánh mì (“breadcrumb”)

Descendants

• English: banh mi

See also

• (bread): bánh tây (dated)
• (sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh kẹp, xăng-đuých, xăng-uých, bánh tây (dated)
• (Saigon-style sandwich): bánh mì kẹp, bánh mì kẹp thịt, bánh mì Sài Gòn

See also

• នំបុ័ង (numbុ័ng)
• ເຂົ້າຈີ່ (khao chī)

References

• Huỳnh Tịnh Của (1895) “餅 Bánh”, in Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị‎^[3] (in Vietnamese), volume 1